Architecture

The Great Fire of London

The Great Fire of London: how the ferocious blaze of 1666 destroyed the capital

Painting of Masons building a pillar in a church

General Early Modern

Your guide to... the Freemasons

Colourised print of the Lighthouse of Alexandria as imagined in the 18th century

General ancient history

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: what were they, and what happened to them?

A thin section of the Great Wall of China near Beijing

General ancient history

10 facts about the Great Wall of China

Michael Wood explores the shifting meaning of statues in society. (Illustration by Femke de Jong for BBC History Magazine)

Michael Wood "These ‘history wars’ over statues are really about something bigger: about different views of the past, and who controls it"

The ruins of Barnard Castle

Barnard Castle: a journey through time

The British home has changed substantially in the past 300 years (Illustration by Ed Crooks)

The evolution of the British home: from the Georgian era to the present day

David Olusoga in the Bristol house featuring in series 3 of A House Through Time (Photo by BBC–Twenty Twenty Productions–Mark Bourdillon)

David Olusoga on A House Through Time

Fresco by Memmo di Filippuccio, Palazzo Comunale, San Gimignano/Tuscany (Photo by Alamy)

12 podcasts about medieval history to listen to right now

Sir Barry Cunliffe and a team of archaeologist roll up a Roman mosaic at Fishbourne Roman palace

Roll up, roll up: how the Roman mosaics at Fishbourne Palace were saved

The British Museum in London

Virtual museum and monument tours: how to explore the wonders of history from your home

Tomb of Cyrus the Great, Shiraz, Iran

General ancient history

From conqueror to youth icon: who was Cyrus the Great?

The Eiffel Tower was built by Gustave Eiffel for the International Exhibition of Paris in 1889. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images)

From ‘eyesore’ to icon: a brief history of the Eiffel Tower

Photo of the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles

The Palace of Versailles: Sun King Louis XIV’s ultimate power play

Stonemason Andrew Ziminski. (Photo by David Hampton)

Written in stone